Mystery car pix

stickguy

Only 500 miles from Kenosha!

tmart

51 Ford, couple of 52/54 Fords, possible 56 Ford, two more 57 Fords, 58 Ford

Michaell

Speaking of 1960 Fords…

stickguy

that squire was really slammed in the back with 9 people on board. must have been quite wallowy too! and forget about brakes...

tmart

Nice ride down Memory Lane! Thanks

bhill2

In the middle of the picture, in front of the '60 Chevy, I found a Rambler (an American, 61-63). I can rest easy now.

imidazol97

Nice Ford video. Thx.

Interesting that the featured car at the museum was a 4-dr post sedan and
not the hardtop.

I still find it odd that there are so few 1960 Fords at car shows and cruise-ins
here in the Ohio/Indiana area.

ab348

That 1960 Ford video was cool, man, cool!

I thought all of the cars shown were going to be painted white but the last segment proved me wrong with the equally well-used Ford pastel blue. Somebody in Ford design must have concluded that design looked best in pale shades.

The '60 Ford was such a change from what came before and after that it stands out. Even though the final design was supposedly compromised a bit from the original "Quicksilver" concept, it remains my favorite styling job by Ford in that era.

fintail

Michaell said:

Speaking of 1960 Fords…

Funny, YT algorithm put that in my feed the other day. Of course, I watched it.

One of my favorite details on those cars is the rear gate handle, a cool looking shape with a recessed area around it, someone put some work into this - even when I was younger and my dad had the 60, this caught my eye:

Michaell

fintail said:

Michaell said:

Speaking of 1960 Fords…

Funny, YT algorithm put that in my feed the other day. Of course, I watched it.

One of my favorite details on those cars is the rear gate handle, a cool looking shape with a recessed area around it, someone put some work into this - even when I was younger and my dad had the 60, this caught my eye:

Yep, showed up in my YT feed as well. Glad y'all enjoyed it!

sda

I like the Country Squire script. It has pizazz

fintail

60 Ford emblems were large and fancy, making me think they might be delicate, but they seem to exist on most surviving cars. These emblems were probably not inexpensive to make.

Country Sedan (like my dad's car) was on the rear quarter, just above the rocker trim:



Galaxie and submodels had it at both the front fender, and rear:






Some even have it in gold, must have been an option:



Fairlane had a fender emblem, but block lettering at rear (fender emblem maybe only 500):





Really basic cars spared the frivolity:

tmart

That red Starliner is sweet! Especially like the optional red reflectors below the after market blue dot taillights. Haven’t seen rear speakers mounted like that above the rear shelf. Kinda look like drive in speakers. Mine were mounted below the shelf.
The green four door hardtop Galaxie is nice too. That green was always pleasing to my eyes.

bhill2

"The green four door hardtop Galaxie is nice too. That green was always pleasing to my eyes."

And went especially well with the gold script.

Lostwrench3

We had one '60 Ford Fairlane 500 in the Fort Lewis motor pool. OD green of course. It had the "Three on a Tree" shifting hardware part of which was too worn and at times the shifting linkage wouldn't let you get out of 1st gear. More than a few times the driver limped back to the motor pool in first gear and upon arrival was making many "comments", too strong to be repeated here.
The best in that motor pool? The '63 Plymouth Fury. What smooth, quiet power! And, it had 121,000 miles on it!

fintail

I like that 4 door HT "Town Victoria" with the odd notch/trim in the C-pillar (which I think carried as a theme in modified form for 4 door HTs from 57-64). Stupendously rare today.

Here's a modern photo of one in a non-white color and gold script - the hood ornament is maybe a bit much for me:

sda

As many of you know my first car in 77 was a base 62 Galaxie 2dr with the 292 V8 and 3 sp manual trans, manual brakes and steering. What I find interesting is for 60 the 292 was rated 185 hp gross, 61 175hp and 62 170hp. Since they all shared the same chassis I wonder why the decrease. Different carb, exhaust? Adjusted for net, would that be around 135-40 hp?

Lostwrench3

Aha, found it. This one gave me some trouble. Anyone want to take a shot at it?

sda

58 Cadillac

Lostwrench3

sda said:

58 Cadillac

Bingo! Yes, a '58 Cadillac.
Check out the very similar side badge on a 1967 Ford Caliente.

ab348

I believe this is the Toronto area, mid-1960s. No doubt @magnette can fill in any gaps in the collective knowledge.

fintail

Looks like a couple of BMC Farinas at far left, Austin Cambridge I guess. I bet some of these cars were not thrilled with winter roads there.

stickguy

A Spridget.

explorerx4

A couple of Peugeot 404's parked along the road.

andys120

stickguy said:

A Spridget.</blockquote

The frog-eyed car on right is not a "Spridget". There was no MG Midget equivalent of the Gen 1
A-H Sprite popularly known in the USA as the "Bugeye".

bhill2

andys120 said:

stickguy said:

A Spridget.

I think the Spridget is parked in front of the two Pug 404s. Beside the fence along the right side of the photo there looks to be a Mark II Jag or the Daimler equivalent,

andys120

I think the Spridget is parked in front of the two Pug 404s. Beside the fence along the right side of the photo there looks to be a Mark II Jag or the Daimler equivalent,

OK, I see that "Spridget" now. I think you're right about the Jag/Daimler in back. The Daimler version of the Mk.II was called the Daimler V8/250. It used the little V8 from the SP250.

magnette

The Austin / Morris dealership has a couple of nice cars there

I think the car in the showroom window might be another Spridget but it just might be an Austin A40 Sports

The car on the far right, by the fence isn't a Jag / Daimler though -I think its an Austin A40 Somerset.

texases

magnette said:

The Austin / Morris dealership has a couple of nice cars there

I think the car in the showroom window might be another Spridget but it just might be an Austin A40 Sports

The car on the far right, by the fence isn't a Jag / Daimler though -I think its an Austin A40 Somerset.

That Austin's 'different':

fintail

The Austin A40 Devon was sold in the USDM, and maybe the swoopy Somerset as well, at least in small numbers.

andys120

Michaell

Toyota MR-S

texases

I know you meant MR2 Spyder, 2005-ish.

Michaell

texases said:

I know you meant MR2 Spyder, 2005-ish.

I thought it had a different model name.

Yep, just searched google images for "Toyota MR-S" and got a bunch of pix of what you showed.

stickguy

yup. Was not officially an MR2. But often called that.

I’d love one as my toy. I even fit. I test drove one when they first came out. Zero cargo room though. Not ideal for an overnight couple trip!

texases

Now I understand the different names. Per Wiki: "The third-generation MR2 was marketed as the Toyota MR-S in Japan, Toyota MR2 Spyder in the US, and the Toyota MR2 Roadster in Europe, except for France and Belgium, where it was marketed as the Toyota MR Roadster."

ab348

Englewood, CO, 1968, the opening of Cinderella City Mall. Nothing like a mall opening back then to attract the '60s iron. Expands nicely. I even see my old '64 Skylark convertible there with the top down!

Michaell

ab348 said:

Englewood, CO, 1968, the opening of Cinderella City Mall. Nothing like a mall opening back then to attract the '60s iron. Expands nicely. I even see my old '64 Skylark convertible there with the top down!

There was also an underground parking level underneath what you see there.

All got torn down around the turn of the century, IIRC.

explorerx4

How is anyone supposed to get into that Plymouth wagon parked between the Land Cruiser and the DM pickup with the camper shell?

tmart

58/59 Thunderbird, 59 Ford Galaxie, several Bullet Birds.

Lostwrench3

Lower left - 1957 Rambler wagon.

Lostwrench3

explorerx4 said:

How is anyone supposed to get into that Plymouth wagon parked between the Land Cruiser and the DM pickup with the camper shell?

It takes crawling through the back hatch with "strong comments".

stickguy

67 camaro (my first car) in front of the rambler.

stickguy

Tons of beetles. Only other foreign car I noticed is middle far left, just the taillights that look like a white sports car

fintail

Something odd and foreign looking - center top next to a Rambler wagon that's on the road, parked beside a Beetle is a light colored coupe with a reverse angle C-pillar. Fiat or Audi vibe but that isn't it.

Another foreigner is a couple rows in front of that, to the right parked beside a big wagon, light colored rounded car, I think a Saab.

Cae middle far left, light color gave me a 60s Jeepster vibe, but that's not it.

texases

That reverse C column coupe sure reminds me of a Datsun, but those coupes came out later than ‘68.

magnette

my Dad's first car was a 1954 Austin A40 Somerset

magnette

Bottom left facing us is a 56? Rambler wagon like an old Dinky toy

I think these were sold with both Nash and Hudson badging so I assume its a Nash but can't tell

bhill2

magnette said:

Bottom left facing us is a 56? Rambler wagon like an old Dinky toy

I think these were sold with both Nash and Hudson badging so I assume its a Nash but can't tell

I make it a 57 based on the parking lights,

andys120